Does Learning To Code Outweigh a Degree In Computer Science?

[Poitier]

I know about 200 programmers.

I was born into a family of programmers.

 

[Blackking]

I was born into a family of programmers.

so?

you haven't shown that it's not better to get the degree. or that you won't end up as high paid slave.

And I was born into a family of auto workers with no degrees...... who all now have huge houses, many cars, savings accts, and live off retirement checks - ITS a different time breh.

 

[Poitier]

you haven't shown that it's not better to get the degree. or that you won't end up as high paid slave.

What is their to show when I've lived it? Self-taught people are entrepreneurial by nature.

 

[Blackking]

What is their to show when I've lived it? Self-taught people are entrepreneurial by nature.

you have a point..

but in the context of a company.... a degree serves you better in the long run.

 

[Spatial Paradox]

Linear algebra will never be relevant in my career. I'll bet money on it.

As long as you stay away from game/graphics programming in your career

 

[semtex]

As long as you stay away from game/graphics programming in your career

Yeah that and imaging software

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

What actually happens is you end up sucking at lots of different things and mastering nothing.

Bingo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

the person who has the degree has some standard of proof of what their skills and exposure is. The person without the degree is just a gamble.

This is so untrue in I.T.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

I was born into a family of programmers.

I know a couple of cats that's been developing for over 20 years and whatever company the contract for, they act like rock stars...................Make their own hours and demand ridiculous wages....all because they are extremely good at what they do......

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

a degree serves you better in the long run.

Only if you want to go into middle management.....and who really wants to do that.............

 

[Chris.B]

I know a couple of cats that's been developing for over 20 years and whatever company the contract for, they act like rock stars...................Make their own hours and demand ridiculous wages....all because they are extremely good at what they do......

when I got into IT then I truly understood the terminology "knowledge = power".

 

[Spatial Paradox]

I will chime in and say any halfway decent computer science curriculum will give students a solid foundation in data structures and algorithms, which any halfway decent programmer has to be familiar with. It's not like they're impenetrable topics to learn on your own, but someone who's self-taught and not familiar with what they need to learn runs the risk of not familiarizing themselves with those topics

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

yeah, but you lack the even cursory level knowledge to look at other forms of employment or fields of work

Aint u like a super senior working in a biology lab, who are u to give career advice :keisha:

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Aint u like a super senior working in a biology lab, who are u to give career advice :keisha:

I'm not even in undergrad , but keep trolling.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I know a couple of cats that's been developing for over 20 years and whatever company the contract for, they act like rock stars...................Make their own hours and demand ridiculous wages....all because they are extremely good at what they do......

So?

Why are people so focused on skimming by with the bare minimum?